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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Frequent exposure in events like Khelo India University Games is important for upcoming basketball players: Indian men's basketball head coach Veselin Matic
The Serbian has been a regular attendee of the basketball matches in Kanteerava Stadium
Telengana based tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa has been making waves in the Junior Tennis circuit in India for several years. The 20-year-old already has two AITA Junior National Championships to her name, and holds the distinction of winning an invitational event staged by Roland-Garros in India in 2018, wherein winners of the competition got an opportunity to compete in Paris for a wildcard entry into the Junior Roland-Garros main draw. Rashmikaa has also been a semifinalist at an ITF Grade 3 event and is only focused on going from strength to strength in her fledgling tennis career.
Since the basketball matches at the Khelo India University Games 2021 began on 23rd April at the Kanteerava Stadium, one man has been a regular feature in the spectator gallery: Veselin Matic, the Indian men's basketball team head coach. The Serbian who has been with the national team for over three years has not missed a single game. "I've been here for the past three-four days and I have watched some interesting matches. No doubt, there is a lot of talent in India and some of these players are quite good," Veselin Matic said.
With some of the basketball matches being fought till the last wire, Matic said the level of competition is quite intense. "It is very important for players especially in the U-26 category to get good matches. Competitions like the Khelo India University Games will definitely contribute to the basketball eco system especially at the school and college where basketball is a popular sport," he added.
Veselin spoke on the sidelines of Jain University's loss to Kurukshetra University 67-73 in men's group A. In other matches on Tuesday, Panjab University beat Jamia Millia University 90-72 in group B men, and in women's group A, University of Madras beat Mahatma Gandhi University 67-56 while Guru Nanak University defeated University of Mumbai 85-56. In group B, Kurukshetra University beat hosts Jain University 50-45.
Having watched the players closely these past few days, Matic said, "I know most of these players. They are either in India camp or I have seen them play before. But there are a few fresh faces in this tournament who have shown potential. This is why a competition like this is important so they gain confidence and also get an opportunity to play against top players of the country," he added.
The Semi-finals and final of men and women's basketball are scheduled to be held on Wednesday at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Vice-President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu to visit NIEPID, Secunderabad tomorrow
He will visit the technical stalls exhibiting the various aids, appliances and assistive devices for persons with disabilities by other National Institutes working in the field of disability rehabilitation
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will also distribute aids and assistive devices to the identified beneficiaries under ADIP scheme
The Vice-President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will visit National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities , Manovikasnagar, Secunderabad which is an autonomous body under the administrative control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India on 17th April, 2022 between 4 PM to 5 PM.
The Vice-President will be received by the special children of NIEPID along with Shri Rajeev Sharma, Joint Secretary, DEPWD, Shri B V Ram Kumar, Director  and staff of NIEPID.
He will visit the newly established Cross Disability Early Intervention Centre which offers comprehensive rehabilitation services to children with developmental delays and children with intellectual disabilities, autism and other associated conditions below the age of 6 years.
He will further proceed to oversee the activities undertaken in the Special Education Centre which provides holistic educational training to more than 200 children with intellectual disabilities. He will visit the Digital Classrooms in the special school and interact with the special students, teachers and parents.
He will also visit the technical stalls exhibiting the various aids, appliances and assistive devices for persons with disabilities by other National Institutes working in the field of disability rehabilitation. The Vice President will distribute aids and assistive devices to the identified beneficiaries under ADIP scheme.
Aids and appliances such as Teaching Learning Material Kits, Wheelchair, Tricycles, Hearing aids, Braille kits will be distributed free of cost to PWDs.
The Vice-President will address the gathering consisting of staff, Divyangjan, special children, parents, long term course students, faculty and invited guests in the NIEPID auditorium during the visit.
The function will be attended by Shri Rajeev Sharma, Joint Secretary, DEPWD, Shri B V Ram Kumar, Director , NIEPID staff, parents, special children, Divyangjan and invited dignitaries.
Ministry of Textiles
MoS, Textiles inaugurates 60th edition of India International Garment Fair
The 60th edition of India International Garment Fair  was inaugurated today by Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Addressing the audience, the Minister said that garment sector is one of the largest providers of employment. He said that IIGF is a big platform which brings together overseas garment buyers and garment exporters, with almost half of Indian states participating in the fair. Shri Tamta said that the textile package announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister has been benefitting the sector immensely. Recalling that business worth US $200 million was conducted in the previous edition, the Minister extended his best wishes to all participating buyers and exporters.
The three-day international fair is being held at Hall Nos. 11, 12 & 12A at Pragati Maidan; the current edition caters primarily to the Autumn/Winter season of European Union, USA and other Western markets.
Speaking on the occasion Chairman, AEPC, Mr. H. K. L Magu expressed satisfaction at the huge transformation the fair and the industry has witnessed in recent years. He said that the fair has grown in scale and scope and has emerged as one of the largest and most popular platforms in Asia, where overseas garment buyers can source products and forge business relationships with India’s finest players in Apparel and Fashion Accessories.
A total of 294 exporters from 11 states, namely Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, are participating at the 60th IIGF. The participants will be showcasing women’s wear, accessories, kid’s wear and menswear. International buyers from 95 countries like Brazil, Spain, Japan, Uruguay, UK, Hong Kong and US have registered to participate in the fair.
IIGF is also organizing fashion shows, twice a day on all three days, for exhibiting the collections for business development. Besides this, the best-displayed stalls would be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Trophies in an award function on 18th January, 2018.
- International Garment Fair is a B-2-B fair started in 1988. The fair is being organized by Apparel Export Promotion Council , in association with International Garment Fair Association and four major Garment Exporters' Associations, viz. Apparel Exporters & Manufacturers Association , Garment Exporters Association , The Clothing Manufacturers Association of  and Garment Exporters of Rajasthan . This is a B-2-B fair and is meant for conducting meaningful and quality business.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
E-Commerce Marketing Platform
The National Small Industries Corporation, a PSU under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  facilitates e-marketing service to MSMEs across the country through MSME Global Mart Web Portal to enhance their business. The salient features of the portal include online registration, web store management, showcase products & services, keyword based tender alert, business trade leads, award of contract information, etc. Further, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission , a statutory body, under this Ministry established an e-commerce portal namely ‘ekhadiindia.com’ to support the online marketing facilities for its stakeholders. This portal opens new avenues for KVI micro businesses and allows a business to reach its customers in wide range of ways viz. website, email, live chat, blog, forums, etc.
To boost the MSME sector, the Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes namely, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme , Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries , A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship , Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises , Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme , Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme , etc.
This information was given by Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Advisory Council Discusses Measures to Improve Ranking in ‘Doing Business’ Report
The Eleventh meeting of Advisory Council of National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology on 19th February, 2019. This meeting was attended byShri K. K. Venugopal, Attorney General of India;Shri Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General for India; Dr. G. Narayana Raju, Secretary, Legislative Department; Dr. Alok Srivastava, Law Secretary and Secretary ; Prof.  Madhava Menon and senior officers of the Department of Justice. In keeping with the objectives of the Mission, the focus of discussion was on issues which can help in reduction of pending cases in courts as well as review the strategic initiatives which can speed up the delivery of justice besides making it affordable. In this context, the Council discussed ways and means for speedier disposal of cases pending in District and Subordinate Courts, further augmentation of Judicial Infrastructure and Judicial Manpower. The Council also looked at other possibilities including that of filling up of vacancies at the subordinate level for accelerating the pace of disposal of cases pending in District and Subordinate Courts.
The Council also discussed other methods which could be adopted for accelerating reduction of pendency in the courts and use of IT in courts. In this context, the Council discussed the possibilities of making amendments in the existing laws for speedier trial and disposal of cases and Access to Justice for poor and under privileged. In addition to the above, the Council considered re-organisation of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms for close supervision and monitoring of various activities of National Mission Directorate for effective implementation.
The Council also deliberated on the issues linked with Improving India’s Ranking in World Bank Doing Business Report, particularly “Enforcing Contracts”, and implementation of Information and Technology Tools in District and Subordinate Courts to bring about more transparency and expeditious disposal of cases pending in courts.
The Council took note of the on-going efforts for improvement of the court and Case Management System at the initiative of the Apex Court of the country. The Council endorsed the approach which has been discussed in the National Court Management Systems Committee as well as in the Advisory Committee of the National Court Management Systems.
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Ministry of Earth Sciences
7 services hosted on http://mausam.imd.gov.in web site of IMD have been onboarded to UMANG Application
The Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance  has been inaugurated by Dr. M .Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences in the presence of Dr. M Mohapatra DG , IMD and Shri Abhishek Singh , President and CEO of NeGD on today the 22 May,2020
UMANG is a Government of India all-in-one single, unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app, powered by a robust back-end platform providing access to high impact services of various organization . The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the UMANG App in 2017 to bring all government services on a single mobile app, with a larger goal to make the government accessible on the mobile phone of our citizens. About 660 services from 127 department & 25 states, including utility payments are live and more are in pipeline.
India Meteorological Department  has taken various initiatives in recent years for improvement in dissemination of weather forecast and warning services based on latest tools and technologies. To further enhance this initiative, IMD has taken the leverage of Digital India Programme to utilise “UMANG App”.
The following 7 services hosted on http://mausam.imd.gov.in web site of IMD have been onboarded to UMANG Application:
- Current Weather -Current temperature, humidity, wind speed, direction for 150 cities updated 8 times a day. Information on Sunrise/ sunset and moonrise/ moonset are also given.
- Nowcast- Three hourly warnings of localized weather phenomena and their intensity issued for about 800 stations, and districts of India by State Meteorological Centers of IMD. In case of severe weather, its impact also is included in the warning.
- City Forecast – Past 24 hours and 7 day forecast of weather conditions around 450 cities in India are given.
- Rainfall Information- All India district Rainfall information daily, weekly, monthly and cumulative series are available.
- Tourism Forecast- Past 24 hours and 7 day forecast of weather conditions of around 100 Tourist cities in India are provided.
- Warnings- The alert issued to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather. It is colour coded in Red, Orange and yellow are the alert levels with Red as the most severe category. Issued twice a day for all districts for the coming five days.
- Cyclone- Cyclone warnings and alerts provides the track of cyclonic storms along with likely time and point of crossing of coast. Impact based warnings, area/district wise, are issued so that appropriate preparation including evacuation of vulnerable areas can be done.
The App is available at following links for download:
- Web: https://web.umang.gov.in/web/#/
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.gov.umang.negd.g2c
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/umang/id1236448857
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Ministry increases upper ceiling norms of boarding & lodging for athletes and team officials by 66%
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports  has revised the upper ceiling amount of boarding and lodging for Indian Athletes and team officials by 66%.
This is for the athletes and officials participating only in international competitions, under the Ministry’s Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations .
Under the newly revised norm, athletes and support staff travelling for approved competitions abroad  will now be entitled to USD 250 per day, which is an increase of 66% from an earlier norm of USD 150 per day.
The revision has been made taking into consideration the requests from NSFs, wherein they have mentioned that rates for boarding & lodging fixed by the Local Organizing Committee  of the competitions are higher than the existing ceiling of USD 150 per day. These norms for boarding & lodging were fixed way back in November 2015 and it has been eight years since the revision of the same had taken place.
With the increase in the ceiling for boarding and lodging, the NSFs will be able to arrange reasonably better accommodations for athletes when competing and representing the country at various International Competitions.
Further, as per recent trends, the Local Organizing Committees of International Competitions are offering a complete hospitality package to the participating teams rather than merely boarding and lodging as was the case earlier.
The package includes boarding, lodging, local transportation, and on some occasions entry fees as well. The total cost of the package is much above USD 150 per person per day. These considerations have necessitated review of boarding and lodging norms fixed in 2015.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Stricter laws not enough, time bound disposal of justice essential to prevent Crimes Against Women: MoS  Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir has said the Government, responding to public sentiment, recently issued Ordinance regarding Amendment to Article 376 of Indian Penal Code  making provision for stricter punishment to deal with Crimes Against Women. Addressing the inaugural session of the National Conference on “Gender Justice in Criminal Law” organized by the Bureau of Police Research and Development , here today, Shri Ahir said while laws can be made more harsh, swift disposal by Criminal Justice System can only check the crimes and also act as a deterrent to prevent its recurrence. The low conviction rates, however, continue to be a matter of grave concern, he added.
Stating that the Government is sensitive to Women’s Safety, the Minister said the law was last amended after the horrific Nirbhaya incident but since the society at large was outraged over the recent spate of Sexual Crimes Against Minors, the Government has introduced harsher punishment including capital punishment to deal with such offences. Shri Ahir said the Government has also set stiff timeframe for investigation and swift disposal of cases by fast track courts. Under the Police Modernization programme, the Government has laid emphasis on improving the Forensic Laboratories and improve efficiency of prosecution agencies, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, the Director General, BPR&D, Dr AP Maheshwari said the recommendations arrived at the conclusion of the daylong Conference will be placed before the Government on how to effectively deal with Crimes Against Women and Minors. In his address, Dr Ish Kumar, Director, National Crime Records Bureau  said the NCRB is in the process of creating a national registry of Crimes Against Women. The records are being sourced from the CCTNS and an agency is being hired to prepare the database. The crime rate per lakh population in India is very low at 7-8%, as compared to 27-30% in the US and 132 in South Africa, he added.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
3rd North Zone Conference of Media Units being held in Jammu.
The Regional Outreach Bureau, Jammu and Kashmir region has organised a two day Zonal Conference of Media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India at Jammu. The Conference aims to strengthen synergy between the Media Units in order to ensure last mile delivery, while simultaneously brainstorm the use of new technology in communication.
Speaking on the first day of the conference Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Vikram Sahay impressed upon the Indian Information Service officers of different media units to work in coordination and effectively promote programmes and policies of the Government of India on ground.
Urging the officers to take into account the key indicators and peculiarities of the state while formulating and implementing communication strategies, Shri Sahay said that the need of the hour is to disseminate information in regional languages and also enhanced interaction with various stakeholders including the state governments on a regular basis to bridge the gap.
The two day conference is also attended by Director General, Bureau of Outreach and Communication, Shri Satyendra Prakash, Spokesperson Ministry of Home Affairs Smt. Vasudha Gupta and also by other senior officers of the zone. During the first day of the conference, various sessions were held ranging from zero budget publicity and people centric publicity to the performances and activities planned in the North Zone.
The participating states in the conference are UT of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
In major thrust to indigenous games, Sports Ministry includes Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba in Khelo India Youth Games 2021
The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of four Indigenous Games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021, scheduled to take place in Haryana. The games include: Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba.
Speaking about the decision, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju said, "India has a rich heritage of indigenous sports, and it is a priority for the Sports Ministry to preserve, promote and popularise these games. There is no better platform than the Khelo India Games where athletes of these games can compete. The games have huge popularity and is telecast across the country by Star Sports, so I am confident that in the 2021 Khelo India Youth Games these four disciplines, along with Yogasana, will get their much deserved attention among sports enthusiasts and youth of the country. In the coming years we will be able to add more indigenous sports at the Khelo Games."
The four selected games represent different parts of the country. Kalaripayattu has its origin from Kerala and has practitioners all over the world; Bollywood actor Vidyut Jammwal being one. Mallakhamba, meanwhile, has been well-known across India and Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have been the hotspots of this sport. Gatka originates from the State of Punjab and this traditional fighting style of the Nihang Sikh Warriors is used both as self-defense as well as a sport. Thang-Ta, a Manipur marital art has passed into oblivion in the recent decades, but the sport will get national recognition again with the help of the Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
“We are glad to know that the Sports Ministry has included Indian ancient martial art Gatka in the Khelo India Youth Games. We are sure that this effort of Khelo India will certainly help to promote and revive a forgotten Indian traditional martial art having a historical significance. In addition this step will give boost to the efforts of National Gatka Association of India in furtherance of creating awareness in the country as well as overseas,” said Harjeet Singh Grewal, President, National Gatka Association of India.
The Thang-Ta federation also confirmed that the competition will vastly popularize the sport. “Over 400 athletes from different States will participate in the competition. We want to be very successful in the competition and this will help us get more recognition nationally and internationally,” said Vinod Sharma, Secretary, Thang-Ta Federation of India.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lays Foundation Stone of Vishva Umiyadham Complex
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today laid the Foundation Stone of the Vishva Umiyadham Complex at Jaspur, Ahmedabad.
Addressing an enthusiastic gathering on the occasion, he said that no one can ever forget the role of Saints and Seers in strengthening our society. They have given us valuable teachings, he added. They even gave us the strength to fight evil and oppression, the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister said that our Saints and Seers taught us to absorb the best of our past and, at the same time look ahead and keep changing with the times.
Speaking of initiatives that benefit the people, the Prime Minister said that doing something on a small scale is not acceptable to the Union Government. The Union Government’s work will always be at a large scale, benefiting all sections of society, he added.
At the community level, the Prime Minister said that it is important to emphasise on top quality education for youngsters.
The Prime Minister firmly said that those who believe in MaaUmiya can never support female foeticide.
The Prime Minister appealed to the people, to help create a society where there is no discrimination based on gender.
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